Craving CanLit 20212021-04-18T20:01:25-04:00

Craving CanLit 2021

To celebrate Canadian authors, we’ve put together this list of fiction and graphic novels published between October 2020 and September 2021. This is the timeframe we are accepting submissions for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize. If we’ve missed someone, please email us at info [at] scotiabankgillerprize.ca so we can add them.

Please note we do our best to keep this page up-to-date. The most accurate information including publication dates can be found on the publisher’s website.

Home of the Floating Lily

Silmy Abdullah
Dundurn Press

JUNE 22, 2021

Life is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs

Henry Adam Svec
Invisible Publishing

JUNE 10, 2021

The Night Piece

André Alexis
McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The Almost Wife

Gail Anderson-Dargatz
HarpAvenue

JULY 6, 2021

The Push

Ashley Audrain
Viking Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House

JANUARY 5, 2021

All's Well

Mona Awad
Hamish Hamilton Canada

AUGUST 3, 2021

One Who Has Been Here Before

Becca Babcock
Nimbus Publishing

APRIL 30, 2021

Censorettes

Elizabeth Bales Frank
Stonehouse Publishing

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Foregone

Russell Banks
Biblioasis

MARCH 2, 2021

Why the Rock Falls

J.E. Barnard
Dundurn Press

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted

Gary Barwin
Penguin Random House Canada

MARCH 9, 2021

Erase and Rewind

Meghan Bell
Book*hug Press

MAY 18, 2021

Bleeding Light

Rob Benvie
Invisible Publishing

MARCH 1, 2021

Out of Mind

David Bergen
Gooseland Editions

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Why Birds Sing

Nina Berkhout
ECW Press

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Music from a Strange Planet

Barbara Black
Caitlin Press

SPRING 2021

Songs For Angel

Marie-Claire Blais
House of Anansi

JULY 6, 2021

The Fifth: A Love(s) Story

MP Boisvert
Caitlin Press

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Rebellious Tide

Eddy Boudel Tan
Dundurn Press

JULY 13, 2021

An Image in the Lake

Gail Bowen
ECW Press

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Astra

Cedar Bowers
McClelland & Stewart an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

JUNE 1, 2021

Unravelling

Josephine Boxwell
Guernica Editions

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Thirst for Justice

David R. Boyd
ECW Press

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Midland

Ross Breithaupt
Porcupine’s Quill

MAY 1, 2021

Suture

Nic Brewer
Book*hug Press

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales

Emily Brewes
Dundurn Press

MAY 11, 2021

The Pump

Sydney Brooman
Invisible Publishing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Daughter of Black Lake

Cathy Marie Buchanan
HarperCollins Canada

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Constant Nobody

Michelle Butler Hallett
Gooselane Editions

MARCH 2, 2020

The Weight of Blood

D.B. Carew
NeWest Press

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Il Vagabondo: An Urban Opera

Glenn Carley
Guernica Editions

APRIL 1, 2020

Midnight

Brenden Carlson
Dundurn Press

JULY 20, 2021

Night Call

Brenden Carlson
Dundurn Press

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The Cat Possessed

Louise Carson
Signature Editions

TBD

Ananias

James Case
Nevermore Press

OCTOBER 2020

What Storm, What Thunder

Myriam J.A. Chancy
Perennial

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Waiting For a Star to Fall

Kerry Clare
Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Music Game

Stéfanie Clermont
Biblioasis

MARCH 9, 2021

Notice

Dustin Cole
Nightwood Editions

OCTOBER 2020

Speed of Mercy

Christy Ann Conlin
House of Anansi

MARCH 23, 2021

Second Place

Rachel Cusk
Perennial

MAY 4, 2021

Even So

Lauren B. Davis
Dundurn Press

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Retreat

Elisabeth de Mariaffi
HarperCollins Canada

JULY 13, 2021

Stung

William Deverell
ECW Press

MARCH 30, 2021

The Liquor Vicar

Vince R. Ditrich
Dundurn Press

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Adventures of Isabel: An Epitome Apartments Mystery

Candas Jane Dorsey
ECW Press

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Fishnets & Fantasies

Jane Doucet
Nimbus Publishing

JULY 13, 2021

Tainna: The Unseen Ones

Norma Dunning
Douglas & McIntyre

FEBRUARY 2021

Lake Crescent

J.J.Dupuis
Dundurn Press

JULY 6, 2021

Speak, Silence

Kim Echlin
Hamish Hamilton Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

MARCH 2, 2021

Tenure

Kieran Egan
NeWest Press

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Historians

Cecilia Ekbäck
HarperCollins Canada

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I am Ariel Sharon

Yara El-Ghadban
House of Anansi

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Affect

Charlene Elsby
Porcupine’s Quill

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Keening

Anne Emery
ECW Press

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Satellite Love

Genki Ferguson
McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

MARCH 2, 2021

Half Life

Krista Foss
McClelland & Stewart, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

MARCH 2, 2021

The Ancient Dead

Barbara Fradkin
Dundurn Press

JANUARY 26, 2021

Charity

Keath Fraser
Biblioasis

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Day She Died

S.M. Freedman
Dundurn Press

APRIL 27, 2021

The Artist and the Assassin

Mark Frukin
Porcupine’s Quill

JULY 31, 2021

Lake Effect

Dayle Furlong
Cormorant Books

MAY 8, 2021

Urban Disturbances

Bruce Fyfe
Porcupine’s Quill

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

Rivka Galchen
Perennial

JUNE 8, 2021

The Quiet Is Loud

Samantha Garner
Invisible Publishing

MAY 4, 2021

Saltus

Tara Gereaux
Nightwood Editions

MARCH 2021

The Relatives

Camilla Gibb
Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

MARCH 23, 2021

Mama's Boy: Game Over

David Goudreault, translated by JC Sutcliffe
Book*hug Press

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The Good Father

Wayne Grady
Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

APRIL 27, 2020

Choosing Eleonore

Andrée Gratton, translated by Ian Thomas Shaw
Guernica Editions

APRIL 1, 2021

Five Ways to Disappear

R.M. Greenaway
Dundurn Press

APRIL 13, 2021

Becoming Leidah

Michelle Grierson
Simon & Schuster

APRIL 13, 2021

Twelve Stories

Emmett Grogan
Limited Distribution

APRIL 27, 2021

Permanent Tourists

Genni Gunn
Signature Editions

TBD

Bonnie Jack

Ian Hamilton
House of Anansi

JUNE 1, 2021

Chasing Painted Horses

Drew Hayden Taylor
Cormorant Books

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The World of After

Stephen Henighan
Cormorant Books

MARCH 20, 2021

Better Luck Next Time

Kate Hilton
HarpAvenue

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A Brief View from the Coastal Suite

Karen Hofmann
NeWest Press

APRIL 15, 2021

Light on a Part of the Field

Kevin Holowack
NeWest Press

MAY 1, 2021

Let Go

Mark Huebner
Porcupine’s Quill

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The Good Son

Carolyn Huizinga Mills
Cormorant Books

APRIL 17, 2021

Burning the Night

Glen Huser
NeWest Press

MAY 15, 2021

Love Like Water, Love Like Fire

Mikhail Iossel
Bellevue Literary Press

MAY 4, 2021

Hana Khan Carries On

Uzma Jalaluddin
HarpAvenue

APRIL 6, 2021

Savage Gerry

John Jantunen
ECW Press

APRIL 13, 2021

Victoria Sees It

Carrie Jenkins
Strange Light, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

APRIL 13, 2021

November Rain

Maureen Jennings
Cormorant Books

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Cradle of the Deep

Dietrich Kalteis
ECW Press

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The Sweetness in the Lime

Stephen Kimber
Nimbus Publishing

OCTOBER 2020

You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked.

Sheung-King
Book*hug Press

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Sufferance

Thomas King
HarperCollins Canada

MAY 18, 2021

The Captive

Fiona King Foster
HarperCollins Canada

JANUARY 12, 2021

Tales From the Bottom of My Sole

David Kingston Yeh
Guernica Editions

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Hunter and the Old Woman

Pamela Korgegami
House of Anansi

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Creep

Michael Lapointe
Penguin Random House Canada

JUNE 1, 2021

Daniil and Vanya

Marie-Hélène Larochelle, translated by Michelle Winters
Invisible Publishing

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A Boring Wife Settles The Score

Marie-Renee Lavoie, translated by Arielle Aaronson
House of Anansi

JUNE 6, 2021

A Town Called Solace

Mary Lawson
Knopf Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Unlocking

Amy LeBlanc
University of Calgary Press

JUNE 15, 2021

The Centaur's Wife

Amanda Leduc
Penguin Random House Canada

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Image Decay

Mark Lisac
NeWest Press

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Breaking Right

D.A. Lockhart
Porcupine’s Quill

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The Dying Detective

Gerald Lynch
Signature Editions

TBD

The Crooked Thing: Stories

Mary MacDonald
Caitlin Press

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Tenderness

Alison MacLeod
Penguin Canada

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Kill the Mall

Pasha Malla
Knopf Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To Know You're Alive

Dakota McFadzean
Conundrum Press

OCTOBER 2020

Every City Is Every Other City: A Gordon Stewart Mystery

John McFetridge
ECW Press

JUNE 1, 2021

The Winter Wives

Linden McIntyre
Random House Canada

AUGUST 10, 2021

The Running Trees

Amber McMillan
Gooselane Editions

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Day for Night

Jean McNeil
ECW Press

MAY 25, 2021

The Snow line

Tessa McWatt
Random House Canada

AUGUST 24, 2021

Fifty Years of Best Canadian Stories

John Metcalf
Biblioasis

MAY 4, 2021

Business

J.P. Meyboom
Dundurn Press

JUNE 29, 2021

Down in the Ground

Bruce Meyer
Guernica Editions

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Marilla Before Anne

Louise Michalos
Nimbus Publishing

MAY 31, 2021

Mirror Lake

Andree A. Michaud
House of Anansi

MARCH 2, 2021

Without Blood

Martin Michaud
Dundurn Press

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Detective and the Spy

Angela Misri
Cormorant Books

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The Annual Migration of Clouds

Premee Mohamed
ECW Press

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

New Girl in Little Cove

Damhnait Monaghan
HarperCollins Canada

MARCH 2, 2021

The List of Last Chances

Christina Myers
Caitlin Press

APRIL 30, 2021

Monster Child

Rahela Nayebzadah
Wolsak and Wynn

MAY 18, 2021

Dominion of Mercy

Danial Neil
NeWest Press

APRIL 1, 2021

The Medusa Deep

David Neil Lee
Wolsak and Wynn

JUNE 1, 2021

Letters From Johnny

Wayne Ng
Guernica Editions

APRIL 1, 2021

Starr Sign

C.S. O’Cinneide
Dundurn Press

MARCH 9, 2021

This Eden

Ed O’Loughlin
House of Anansi

JUNE 8, 2021

Goth Girls of Banff

John O’Neill
NeWest Press

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

We Want What We Want

Alix Ohlin
House of Anansi

JULY 27, 2021

The Son of the House

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia
Dundurn Press

MAY 4, 2021

Prologue to Love

Martha Ostenso
Invisible Publishing

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A Funny Kind of Paradise

Jo Owens
Penguin Random House Canada

MARCH 9, 2021

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Ruth Ozeki
Viking Canada

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Radium Girls

Sofi Papamarko
Wolsak and Wynn

MAY 11, 2021

Season of Smoke

A.G. Pasquella
Dundurn Press

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Stella Atlantis

Susan Perly
Wolsak and Wynn

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Deceptions

Anna Porter
ECW Press

APRIL 6, 2021

The Sister's Tale

Beth Powning
Knopf Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

MAY 25, 2021

Sunday Drive to Gun Club Road

Marion Quednau
Nightwood Editions

MARCH 2021

Gutter Child

Jael Richardson
HarpAvenue

JANUARY 26, 2021

Hour of the Crab

Patricia Robertson
Gooselane Editions

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Return of the Trickster

Eden Robinson
Knopf Canada, Penguin Random House Canada

MARCH 2, 2021

Tuscan Daughter

Lisa Rochon
HarpAvenue

JULY 13, 2021

The Octopus Has Three Hearts

Rachel Rose
Douglas & McIntyre

MARCH 2021

Evolution's Magnum Opus

Stephen Roth
W & B Publishers

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Tell Me My Name

Erin Ruddy
Dundurn Press

OCTOBER 3, 2021

City of a Thousand Gates

Rebecca Sacks
Patrick Crean Editions

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fake it so Real

Susan Sanford Blades
Nightwood Editions

OCTOBER 2020

Bramah and the Beggar Boy

Renée Sarojini Saklikar
Nightwood Editions

APRIL 2021

And Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Mullins Rhonda
Coach House Books

JUNE 15, 2021

The Willow Wren

Philipp Schott
ECW Press

MARCH 23, 2021

Arrow’s Rest

Joel Scott
ECW Press

MAY 11, 2021

Humane

Anna Marie Sewell
Stonehouse Publishing

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The Second History

Rebecca Silver Slayter
Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

APRIL 20, 2021

Fall of Night

D.K. Stone
Stonehouse Publishing

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Girl Minus X

Anne Stone
Wolsak and Wynn

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Listeners

Jordan Tannahill
HarpAvenue

AUGUST 17, 2021

Easily Fooled

H. Nigel Thomas
Guernica Editions

APRIL 1, 2021

Em

Kim Thúy
Random House Canada

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This Cleaving and This Burning

J.A. Tracey Anipare
Guernica Editions

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Yume

Sifton Tracey Anipare
Dundurn Press

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

God's Zoo

Pablo Urbanyi, translated by Natalia Hero
Guernica Editions

OCTOBER 1, 2020

All the Night Gone

Sabrina Uswak
Stonehouse Publishing

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Rough

Robin Van Eck
Stonehouse Publishing

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Nothing But Life

Brent van Staalduinen
Dundurn Press

FEBRUARY 2021

What You Are

M.G. Vassanji
Doubleday Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada

MAY 11, 2021

Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack

Heidi von Palleske
Dundurn Press

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This Cleaving and This Burning

J.A. Wainwright
Guernica Editions

OCTOBER 1, 2020

We, Jane

Aimee Wall
Book*hug Press

APRIL 27, 2021

The Call of the Rift: Crest

Jae Waller
ECW Press

MAY 18, 2021

Pull Focus

Helen Walsh
ECW Press

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Crash Palace

Andrew Wedderburn
Coach House Books

JANUARY 12, 2021

Lethal Lesson, A Lane Winslow Mystery (#8)

Iona Whishaw
Touchwood Editions

APRIL 27, 2021

The Spectacular

Zoe Whittall
HarperAvenue

AUGUST 24, 2021

Night Watch: The Vet Suite

Gillian Wigmore
Invisible Publishing

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Letters to Amelia

Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Book*hug Press

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Disintegration in Four Parts

Jean Marc Ah-Sen, Emily Anglin, Devon Code
Coach House Books

JUNE 1, 2021